Explained – Thailand’s infamous overhead cables, what they are for and plans to handle them

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**NOTE: This video was uploaded on August 30th 2022

 

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/explained-thailands-infamous-overhead-cables-what-they-are-for-and-plans-to-handle-them/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-09

 

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[anterian]

So what happens to these underground cables when Bangkok gets flooded?

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, anterian said:

So what happens to these underground cables when Bangkok gets flooded?

Not a happy ending?

[lordblackader]

Why title the video with Thailand when all they talked about was Bangkok and the BMA? The cables are like this all over the country and there are various schemes in some provinces to remove them, for example some better known roads in Chiang Mai have already have them removed. 

[peterfranks]

Wasn't there a news article posted here only a few weeks ago that the whole project was cancelled because the telecom companies didn't want to pay?

[KhunBENQ]

On 9/9/2022 at 2:05 PM, anterian said:

So what happens to these underground cables when Bangkok gets flooded?

For the communication cables (mainly fiber optic) it's not rocket science to have them watertight.

Even now they are exposed to torrential rains incl the joints/boxes overhead.

 

The backbone of the internet are big fiber optic cables buried on the ocean grounds.

 

High voltage cables (12kV up)  underground is very expensive and I doubt that this will be done on a wide scale.

Edited September 11, 2022 by KhunBENQ

[Neeranam]

On 9/9/2022 at 2:05 PM, anterian said:

So what happens to these underground cables when Bangkok gets flooded?

I am missing the 'laughing' emoticon.